A comprehensive, highly readable account of complex, technical, political andhuman endeavor and a worthy successor to Creating the International Space Station (Springer Praxis, January 2002) by David Harland and John Catchpole. Thisvolume details for the first time the construction and occupation of the International Space Station from 2002 through to 2008, when it should reach American ‘Core Complete’. Covers in great detail for the first time the constructionand occupation of the International Space Station from 2002 to 2008 Includes the recent delivery and installation of the final piece of U.S. hardware, Node-2, and all European and Japanese hardware Explains the impact of the tragic loss of Columbia on the ISS and the American space program in general INDICE: Introduction.- Early construction.- The International Space Station management and cost evaluation task force.- commencing the integrated truss structure.- Tragedy and triumph.- Recovery and restructuring.- Future developments.- ISS Hardware.- Flight log.- Extravehicular Activity Log.
- ISBN: 978-0-387-78144-0
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 320
- Fecha Publicación: 01/07/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés